Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has presented a purchase order for the contract to build Kaiga units 5 and 6 to Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Ltd in the first major nuclear contract for the Hyderabad-based company.

Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro has dispatched the fourth of eight steam generators intended for units 5 and 6 at the Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka State.

Minister of State Jitendra Singh has told the Indian Parliament that the process has begun to discuss and propose amendments to the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, to encourage private sector participation in nuclear projects.

Unit 7 at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project is the third 700 MWe indigenous pressurised heavy water reactor to be connected to the Indian grid.

The first two lead units of a 55 MW variant of the Bharat small modular reactor will be built at a Department of Atomic Energy site by 2033, Minister of State Jitendra Singh has told parliamentarians.

India is planning to expand nuclear capacity from 7 GW to 100 GW by 2047, with legislative changes, international partnerships and development of indigenous technology all set to play their part.

The India-based natural resources and technology conglomerate Vedanta is inviting companies to express interest in the construction and supply of 5000 MWe of nuclear power capacity.

The leaders of India and the USA have said their nations will work together towards the construction of large-scale US-designed nuclear reactors in India and facilitating further collaboration including the deployment small modular reactors.

Nuclear will play a crucial part in ensuring reliable supplies of clean energy - and collaboration will be the key to make it happen, according to panelists at the Indian government's flagship energy event.